^,^ It's about time I put the second chapter up, huh? Oh well, I've been
working on five fanfics that were a total waste except for this one and two
more. 3/5 isn't that good. Hey, disclaimer is on the first page. Thanks
everybody who R&R-ed last time. Yall so cool! 8 ) And thanks to every1 who
R&R-ed or just R-ed this one! ^,^
()"Huh? Where am I?" Rue asked, looking around. Then he noticed he was back at the cabin. "Why am I here? Didn't I leave for the Western Desert Ruins?" he asked himself. "Where's Claire?" He walked around to find her. "Rue! Rue! Come quickly" He heard a voice say. "Claire?!" he shouted, "Where are you?" He noticed a number appearing on the wall. " 3 7 7 1 4 5 0 ? What does that mean? Claire?"()
"CLAIRE?!" he shouted. "Dang, what's wrong with you, Rue?" The now awakened princess asked. "Sorry, I just don't know why I'm having dreams like this again…" Mint got out of bed and sighed "Fine, fine. Call Claire and then we'll go find that girl we met yesterday" Rue nodded in reply and walked to the phone. He dialed the number…and the recorder picked up. "Great" Rue mumbled sarcastically as he rolled his eyes. "Hello, this is Claire. If you received this message, that means I'm busy at the moment so leave me a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks." He heard the recording say. Then he heard a beep. "Yeah, Claire, this is Rue. I haven't exactly made it to Ephlesia City yet but I'm on my way. I just wanted to make sure if you were doing alright with just Ruenis there…Well, I'll call you later… Bye." He said as he hung up the phone. "Wasn't there?" Mint asked. "Nope" Rue answered. SILENCE. "You ready to go?" Mint asked, breaking the sweeping over silence. Rue grabbed his Arc Edge. "Yeah" He replied. "Then lets go!!" Mint shouted.
They checked out and went outside. "There you guys are! I've been looking for you." Said the girl they met yesterday named Setsuna. "Follow me" She led them to a white house with a yellow roof. Claudia stepped out. "Oh, Setsuna, you're here with the guests already?" Claudia asked. "That was fast. Umego just got here." "Umego is here? WHY?!" Setsuna half demanded. "Hello Setsuna. I'm here to help your mom with 'the new project'. " A young man said as he stepped out. He had dark blonde hair, thick glasses, dressed in a white overcoat and navy blue pants. "Umego, don't refer to them like you would one of your little 'experiments'! And you say you're here to HELP?!" Setsuna snapped back. "Positive" Umego replied, straitening out his ruffled overcoat. "Ha! Umego, you can't even tie your own shoe laces!" Setsuna snapped again. "Setsuna, settle down! That wasn't nice." Claudia hissed. "I'll show you, Setsuna!" Umego replied, sticking out his tongue. "Now, let's see… how did the story go again? There was once a bunny…" Mint and Rue looked at each other dully. "Is it just me or does he remind you of someone?" Mint asked. "Elena" they both sighed at the same time. "No No No! That's not right! The bunny hopped to the village and saw a wolf…no! Heck with it! Who cares?" he said as he tucked his shoestrings inside his shoes. Setsuna giggled. "Watch, it's simple. You don't need a story to do it. You're not a baby…I think." Setsuna said as she tied his shoes. Umego turned red in frustration.
"Umm…anyway" Claudia said, trying to break the mini war between Umego and Setsuna "Why don't you two introduce yourselves" Mint folded her arms and rolled her eyes. Rue stepped forward. "My name is Rue. And her name is Mint. We're on a mission to go to Ephlesia City." "Hello Rue" Umego said ,shaking his hand. His eyes then turned toward Mint. "Hello Mint. It's a pleasure" He said as he took her hand. "I'm sure it is" She snapped as she grabbed back her hand. "And it's PRINCESS Mint!! Not 'Mint'!" Claudia, Setsuna, and Umego looked at each other. "Do you think…?" Setsuna asked in shock. "Well, there hasn't been visitors in YEARS." Claudia replied. "15 years to be exact." Umego replied back. "Then it MUST be true! Right…?" Setsuna questioned. All three of them looked at Mint and Rue at the same time. "Okay…you guys are starting to freak me out!" Mint said. All three stepped closer. "Is it true? Are you REALLY a princess?" Setsuna said, eager for a reply. "Yea…" Mint answered stepping back. Claudia, Setsuna, and Umego looked at each other with stars in their eyes. "Then…it IS true!" Setsuna shouted. All three hugged. Not ANOTHER crazy family… Mint thought in a sigh. "Umm…I don't mean to interrupt, but…may I ask what's going on?!" Rue asked, confused of what was happening.
The trio looked at each other again. "Should we tell them, Mom?" Setsuna asked. "Well, I don't see why not…it IS just a legend…"Claudia sighed "Mom, it MUST be more than a legend. So far, everything has happened that was said to happen--" "It's true, it's more like a scientific theory!" Umego added. Rue and Mint looked at each other confusedly and curiously. "Well I think it would be better to show them the disaster then trying to explain it." Claudia said in reply to their looks. Both Setsuna and Umego nodded in reply. "Follow me" Claudia said, going towards a gate. As they walked in the gate, they saw dry and burnt land. "This is the Chiri Forest." Claudia pointed out. Mint looked at her unbelievingly "THIS is a forest?! It doesn't even have grass. How can THIS be a forest?!" Mint shouted. "My point exactly" Claudia remarked. "Gosh, for Cheery Forest it isn't so cheery" Rue replied. Setsuna giggled "It's CHIRI Forest C-H-I-R-I" With that, Mint giggled. "Oh well, look at it this way; I made a pun." Rue replied. Mint took a glance around again. "Dang, this is soo weird" Mint replied.
"It wasn't always this way though" Umego explained "When I was two years old, I always used to come here. The trees were green and everything looked as it should." Claudia then cut in "Yes, and everything was right. But there was this powerful wizard named Alden and he…well, I guess you can say he had a crush on me. Well I was in love with this boy named Evan. Alden tried so hard to win me over but I loved Evan and not him. One day he gave up and decided to put a curse on the town. The curse was when I had my firstborn, he would die, Evan would die, and a dragon named Garrette would take Alden's place for destruction on this town. Alden knew my time was due soon and he got scared. He remembered he wrote a reverse to the curse and planed to find it and destroy it. Then he would find something called a relic to use for immortality. He died before he ever had the chance to find one but he didn't find the book." Umego stepped in "My uncle Ugomi found the book that he believed to be the reverse while exploring the Atelier far away from here. He translated it. It said—" All three looked at each other and all three recited " The curse shall be undone when the 15th year of the dragon has begun. Until would be a drought and with no doubt, no visitor shall walk in Sabaku City's sun. Yet be aware, a princess and a guard be there, and not to their regret, They shall be strong and face up along the unstoppable Garrette. Until that day, the curse shall be sealed but there are 2 fates to be revealed"
"Wait…what?! Oh, this is too unreal!" Mint exclaimed. "So… we must go fight this…Garrette thing?" Claudia nodded in reply. "Where can we find him?" Rue asked. "Well, we're not EXACTLY sure but rumor has it, he is in a cave somewhere deep in this forest's ruins. He was said to be trapped there in a cave. That's a good thing because ever since he started destruction he wouldn't stop. He got so tired that he rested in the cave. Once every year, though, he would place upon destruction again" Setsuna answered "We haven't gone in these ruins yet. There is rumor it has very powerful, vicious monsters" Mint looked at her dully "Oh, come on! Puh- lease! WE'VE heard that one before, haven't we Rue?" Rue nodded and began to list "The Underground Ruins, the Ghost Temple, The Gamual Forest, Valen's Fortress—" "WHOA! Wait a second, VALEN'S fortress?" Umego questioned in shock "YOU TWO went into there?! This MUST be some kind of joke" "Nope. It's true. That was SOOO easy" Mint replied in a 'showing off big-shot" way. "Actually, Mint, remember we almost died" Rue reminded her. "So what if that 'Valen' jerk had a few tricks up his sleeve. We lived. And what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" Mint replied. All three citizen's of Sabaku eyes opened wide. "No way! You must have been mistaken" Umego said , now folding his arms "I've done research on Valen and the results show clearly that Valen is DEAD. The former Aeons had killed him for some reason we haven't figured out yet…" "But it's true! We—" Rue then covered Mint's mouth. "You must excuse her, she just took her medicine and those side effects really get to her" Rue replied "We DID go to the Fortress though"
Mint bit him and he let go. "HOW DARE YOU! You know it's true! You saw him!! And the DewPrism!" The princess shouted. Rue pulled her to the side. "Mint, we CANNOT tell them we saw Valen!" Rue shouted in a whisper. "Why not?" Mint asked. "If they find out, this town would get into deeper trouble then they already are. All Aeons are dead to them. If they find out about the Aeons, they may go looking for them " Rue replied. "So what?!" Mint replied back. "They MIGHT just find out about the [RELIC] and want it for themselves" Rue said slyly, knowing that would get the best of her interest. "Fine, but why did you tell them I was on medicine? Now it makes me look all crazy!!!" Mint complained. "Why did you bite me?!" Rue whined back. "That's the only way I'd get you to listen to me "she replied "Besides I NEVER thought [you] of all people would be one to lie!" "I do only what I need to do" he replied back to her. Rue went back to the group of three who waited there in confusion. "Sorry," Rue apologized, "She's back to normal now. It wore off." Mint rolled her eyes. "We're off to find Garrette" Mint said. "If you have any problems, come back to the town. Good luck." Claudia said, and with that, the three left.
Rue and Mint began to walk around the forest. Suddenly a monster popped up. It was an orange pollywog. Both Mint and Rue went in for attack, but then both stopped. "What are you doing?!" Mint shouted. "Hey, I'm just trying to get rid of this monster but if you want to you can" Rue answered. "Oh, so now you want me to do it?!" Mint snapped. "I didn't say that! I'll do it if you want" Rue replied. "Hey!! Maybe I wanted to do it!" Mint shouted. "Then go ahead!" Rue said back getting annoyed. "Maybe I will, maybe I won't" She snapped back. "This ISN'T going to work out. We need to take turns fighting the monsters" Rue said. "Then who's going first?" Mint asked. "You decide" Rue answered. "No, you decide" Mint replied. "Ok fine, I'll go" Rue replied back. "Who died and made you boss?! I'll go" Mint shouted. "Fine" Rue shouted back. "FINE" Mint shouted back to his shout. Just then the pollywog flew away. "This is all your fault, Rue!" Mint shouted. "MY fault?! How is this MY fault?! I just want to get this over!" Rue replied. "Oh, like I don't?!" Mint shouted. "Ok, look. The first monster will be yours and the next will be mine starting now until we get to a boss. Then we can both fight the boss. Agreed?" Rue asked. "Agreed" Mint replied.
They both fought a number of monsters until they got to a cave. "This must be where Garrette is" Rue replied. Both walked in and saw a large red dragon with blue wings. "WHO DARES DISTERB THE GREAT GARRETTE? BE GONE NOW OR I'LL KILL YOU!" it roared. "No way are WE going to leave, right Rue" Mint said confidently. "Right" Rue replied. "PREPARE FOR BATTLE" Garrette roared. With that, Garrette threw a breath of fire at them and the both dodged in the nick of time. Rue dashed up and hit him with his Arc Edge. Garrette flew up and shot out winds if ice. Mint caught them with her cosmos magic and sent it back to him, which knocked him back to the ground. Both Mint and Rue attacked him fiercely and soon defeated him. Mint lept up in joy. "Hey, that was easy enough!! Come on, Rue. Let's go back and tell them" Mint said, starting to head off. "Wait a second" Rue said, picking up something from the ground. "Look at this" "So what? A stupid rock again. Rue, you gotta stop worrying about ROCKS! LET'S GO!" She said and they both went back towards the town.
^,^ Thanx everyone I really appreciate it. I haven't done as well this chapter because I'm currently working on an Idea fanfic called "Karwyn's Surprise" Im not sure if I'm gonna continue wit it though. Maybe…but I do have it posted on this site. Once again, THANX EVER1!!!^,^
()"Huh? Where am I?" Rue asked, looking around. Then he noticed he was back at the cabin. "Why am I here? Didn't I leave for the Western Desert Ruins?" he asked himself. "Where's Claire?" He walked around to find her. "Rue! Rue! Come quickly" He heard a voice say. "Claire?!" he shouted, "Where are you?" He noticed a number appearing on the wall. " 3 7 7 1 4 5 0 ? What does that mean? Claire?"()
"CLAIRE?!" he shouted. "Dang, what's wrong with you, Rue?" The now awakened princess asked. "Sorry, I just don't know why I'm having dreams like this again…" Mint got out of bed and sighed "Fine, fine. Call Claire and then we'll go find that girl we met yesterday" Rue nodded in reply and walked to the phone. He dialed the number…and the recorder picked up. "Great" Rue mumbled sarcastically as he rolled his eyes. "Hello, this is Claire. If you received this message, that means I'm busy at the moment so leave me a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks." He heard the recording say. Then he heard a beep. "Yeah, Claire, this is Rue. I haven't exactly made it to Ephlesia City yet but I'm on my way. I just wanted to make sure if you were doing alright with just Ruenis there…Well, I'll call you later… Bye." He said as he hung up the phone. "Wasn't there?" Mint asked. "Nope" Rue answered. SILENCE. "You ready to go?" Mint asked, breaking the sweeping over silence. Rue grabbed his Arc Edge. "Yeah" He replied. "Then lets go!!" Mint shouted.
They checked out and went outside. "There you guys are! I've been looking for you." Said the girl they met yesterday named Setsuna. "Follow me" She led them to a white house with a yellow roof. Claudia stepped out. "Oh, Setsuna, you're here with the guests already?" Claudia asked. "That was fast. Umego just got here." "Umego is here? WHY?!" Setsuna half demanded. "Hello Setsuna. I'm here to help your mom with 'the new project'. " A young man said as he stepped out. He had dark blonde hair, thick glasses, dressed in a white overcoat and navy blue pants. "Umego, don't refer to them like you would one of your little 'experiments'! And you say you're here to HELP?!" Setsuna snapped back. "Positive" Umego replied, straitening out his ruffled overcoat. "Ha! Umego, you can't even tie your own shoe laces!" Setsuna snapped again. "Setsuna, settle down! That wasn't nice." Claudia hissed. "I'll show you, Setsuna!" Umego replied, sticking out his tongue. "Now, let's see… how did the story go again? There was once a bunny…" Mint and Rue looked at each other dully. "Is it just me or does he remind you of someone?" Mint asked. "Elena" they both sighed at the same time. "No No No! That's not right! The bunny hopped to the village and saw a wolf…no! Heck with it! Who cares?" he said as he tucked his shoestrings inside his shoes. Setsuna giggled. "Watch, it's simple. You don't need a story to do it. You're not a baby…I think." Setsuna said as she tied his shoes. Umego turned red in frustration.
"Umm…anyway" Claudia said, trying to break the mini war between Umego and Setsuna "Why don't you two introduce yourselves" Mint folded her arms and rolled her eyes. Rue stepped forward. "My name is Rue. And her name is Mint. We're on a mission to go to Ephlesia City." "Hello Rue" Umego said ,shaking his hand. His eyes then turned toward Mint. "Hello Mint. It's a pleasure" He said as he took her hand. "I'm sure it is" She snapped as she grabbed back her hand. "And it's PRINCESS Mint!! Not 'Mint'!" Claudia, Setsuna, and Umego looked at each other. "Do you think…?" Setsuna asked in shock. "Well, there hasn't been visitors in YEARS." Claudia replied. "15 years to be exact." Umego replied back. "Then it MUST be true! Right…?" Setsuna questioned. All three of them looked at Mint and Rue at the same time. "Okay…you guys are starting to freak me out!" Mint said. All three stepped closer. "Is it true? Are you REALLY a princess?" Setsuna said, eager for a reply. "Yea…" Mint answered stepping back. Claudia, Setsuna, and Umego looked at each other with stars in their eyes. "Then…it IS true!" Setsuna shouted. All three hugged. Not ANOTHER crazy family… Mint thought in a sigh. "Umm…I don't mean to interrupt, but…may I ask what's going on?!" Rue asked, confused of what was happening.
The trio looked at each other again. "Should we tell them, Mom?" Setsuna asked. "Well, I don't see why not…it IS just a legend…"Claudia sighed "Mom, it MUST be more than a legend. So far, everything has happened that was said to happen--" "It's true, it's more like a scientific theory!" Umego added. Rue and Mint looked at each other confusedly and curiously. "Well I think it would be better to show them the disaster then trying to explain it." Claudia said in reply to their looks. Both Setsuna and Umego nodded in reply. "Follow me" Claudia said, going towards a gate. As they walked in the gate, they saw dry and burnt land. "This is the Chiri Forest." Claudia pointed out. Mint looked at her unbelievingly "THIS is a forest?! It doesn't even have grass. How can THIS be a forest?!" Mint shouted. "My point exactly" Claudia remarked. "Gosh, for Cheery Forest it isn't so cheery" Rue replied. Setsuna giggled "It's CHIRI Forest C-H-I-R-I" With that, Mint giggled. "Oh well, look at it this way; I made a pun." Rue replied. Mint took a glance around again. "Dang, this is soo weird" Mint replied.
"It wasn't always this way though" Umego explained "When I was two years old, I always used to come here. The trees were green and everything looked as it should." Claudia then cut in "Yes, and everything was right. But there was this powerful wizard named Alden and he…well, I guess you can say he had a crush on me. Well I was in love with this boy named Evan. Alden tried so hard to win me over but I loved Evan and not him. One day he gave up and decided to put a curse on the town. The curse was when I had my firstborn, he would die, Evan would die, and a dragon named Garrette would take Alden's place for destruction on this town. Alden knew my time was due soon and he got scared. He remembered he wrote a reverse to the curse and planed to find it and destroy it. Then he would find something called a relic to use for immortality. He died before he ever had the chance to find one but he didn't find the book." Umego stepped in "My uncle Ugomi found the book that he believed to be the reverse while exploring the Atelier far away from here. He translated it. It said—" All three looked at each other and all three recited " The curse shall be undone when the 15th year of the dragon has begun. Until would be a drought and with no doubt, no visitor shall walk in Sabaku City's sun. Yet be aware, a princess and a guard be there, and not to their regret, They shall be strong and face up along the unstoppable Garrette. Until that day, the curse shall be sealed but there are 2 fates to be revealed"
"Wait…what?! Oh, this is too unreal!" Mint exclaimed. "So… we must go fight this…Garrette thing?" Claudia nodded in reply. "Where can we find him?" Rue asked. "Well, we're not EXACTLY sure but rumor has it, he is in a cave somewhere deep in this forest's ruins. He was said to be trapped there in a cave. That's a good thing because ever since he started destruction he wouldn't stop. He got so tired that he rested in the cave. Once every year, though, he would place upon destruction again" Setsuna answered "We haven't gone in these ruins yet. There is rumor it has very powerful, vicious monsters" Mint looked at her dully "Oh, come on! Puh- lease! WE'VE heard that one before, haven't we Rue?" Rue nodded and began to list "The Underground Ruins, the Ghost Temple, The Gamual Forest, Valen's Fortress—" "WHOA! Wait a second, VALEN'S fortress?" Umego questioned in shock "YOU TWO went into there?! This MUST be some kind of joke" "Nope. It's true. That was SOOO easy" Mint replied in a 'showing off big-shot" way. "Actually, Mint, remember we almost died" Rue reminded her. "So what if that 'Valen' jerk had a few tricks up his sleeve. We lived. And what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" Mint replied. All three citizen's of Sabaku eyes opened wide. "No way! You must have been mistaken" Umego said , now folding his arms "I've done research on Valen and the results show clearly that Valen is DEAD. The former Aeons had killed him for some reason we haven't figured out yet…" "But it's true! We—" Rue then covered Mint's mouth. "You must excuse her, she just took her medicine and those side effects really get to her" Rue replied "We DID go to the Fortress though"
Mint bit him and he let go. "HOW DARE YOU! You know it's true! You saw him!! And the DewPrism!" The princess shouted. Rue pulled her to the side. "Mint, we CANNOT tell them we saw Valen!" Rue shouted in a whisper. "Why not?" Mint asked. "If they find out, this town would get into deeper trouble then they already are. All Aeons are dead to them. If they find out about the Aeons, they may go looking for them " Rue replied. "So what?!" Mint replied back. "They MIGHT just find out about the [RELIC] and want it for themselves" Rue said slyly, knowing that would get the best of her interest. "Fine, but why did you tell them I was on medicine? Now it makes me look all crazy!!!" Mint complained. "Why did you bite me?!" Rue whined back. "That's the only way I'd get you to listen to me "she replied "Besides I NEVER thought [you] of all people would be one to lie!" "I do only what I need to do" he replied back to her. Rue went back to the group of three who waited there in confusion. "Sorry," Rue apologized, "She's back to normal now. It wore off." Mint rolled her eyes. "We're off to find Garrette" Mint said. "If you have any problems, come back to the town. Good luck." Claudia said, and with that, the three left.
Rue and Mint began to walk around the forest. Suddenly a monster popped up. It was an orange pollywog. Both Mint and Rue went in for attack, but then both stopped. "What are you doing?!" Mint shouted. "Hey, I'm just trying to get rid of this monster but if you want to you can" Rue answered. "Oh, so now you want me to do it?!" Mint snapped. "I didn't say that! I'll do it if you want" Rue replied. "Hey!! Maybe I wanted to do it!" Mint shouted. "Then go ahead!" Rue said back getting annoyed. "Maybe I will, maybe I won't" She snapped back. "This ISN'T going to work out. We need to take turns fighting the monsters" Rue said. "Then who's going first?" Mint asked. "You decide" Rue answered. "No, you decide" Mint replied. "Ok fine, I'll go" Rue replied back. "Who died and made you boss?! I'll go" Mint shouted. "Fine" Rue shouted back. "FINE" Mint shouted back to his shout. Just then the pollywog flew away. "This is all your fault, Rue!" Mint shouted. "MY fault?! How is this MY fault?! I just want to get this over!" Rue replied. "Oh, like I don't?!" Mint shouted. "Ok, look. The first monster will be yours and the next will be mine starting now until we get to a boss. Then we can both fight the boss. Agreed?" Rue asked. "Agreed" Mint replied.
They both fought a number of monsters until they got to a cave. "This must be where Garrette is" Rue replied. Both walked in and saw a large red dragon with blue wings. "WHO DARES DISTERB THE GREAT GARRETTE? BE GONE NOW OR I'LL KILL YOU!" it roared. "No way are WE going to leave, right Rue" Mint said confidently. "Right" Rue replied. "PREPARE FOR BATTLE" Garrette roared. With that, Garrette threw a breath of fire at them and the both dodged in the nick of time. Rue dashed up and hit him with his Arc Edge. Garrette flew up and shot out winds if ice. Mint caught them with her cosmos magic and sent it back to him, which knocked him back to the ground. Both Mint and Rue attacked him fiercely and soon defeated him. Mint lept up in joy. "Hey, that was easy enough!! Come on, Rue. Let's go back and tell them" Mint said, starting to head off. "Wait a second" Rue said, picking up something from the ground. "Look at this" "So what? A stupid rock again. Rue, you gotta stop worrying about ROCKS! LET'S GO!" She said and they both went back towards the town.
^,^ Thanx everyone I really appreciate it. I haven't done as well this chapter because I'm currently working on an Idea fanfic called "Karwyn's Surprise" Im not sure if I'm gonna continue wit it though. Maybe…but I do have it posted on this site. Once again, THANX EVER1!!!^,^